Modernistic shade and means for adjusting same



J. DE FALCO June 1, 1943.

' MODERNISTIC SHADE AND MEANS FQR ADJUSTING SAME Filed Jan. 19, 1942Patented June 1, 1943 zaeassz Momznms'rro SHADE AND MEANS son ADJUSTINGSAME Joseph De Falco, Vineland, N. J.

Application January l9, 1942, Serial No. 427,380

3 Claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel type of shade; toprovide novel means for adjusting same, and to provide improved detailsof construction and operation of the shade, as hereinafter described.

I attain these and other objects of my invention by the meansillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a frontplan View of the shade, a portion being broken away to save space;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the outer portion of the shade;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the shade showingthe looped connection of cord or tape 22 at 23 with the stitching orstapling Like numerals designate like parts in each of the views.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, I provide a saddle I, having anupstanding flange 2, to conceal the roller 4. Roller 4 has its endsrotatably mounted on the saddle and kept in posi tion by suitablestaples 5. The roller 4 is seated over a recess 3 in saddle l.

A pull cord 1 is attached at approximately the central portion of roller4 by suitable fastening means such as tacks 6. The pull cord 1, which isused for raising and lowering the shade, passes through a short tube 8,which extends through and depends from the saddle l. Tube 8 has avertically disposed tapered slot 9 into which the pull cord 1 can bepulled and thereby wedged to hold the shade at any desired adjustedposition. The lower end of the pull cord 1 is retained at the right handside of the shade by a cord holding element Ill near one end of thebottom piece 21, as shown in Fig. 1, thus taking up some of the lengthof the pull cord '1 and retaining it in a position where it will not bein the way or touch the floor when the shade is raised.

Attached to saddle I by screws 53 are metal hangers It at each end.These metal hangers have slots i2 which receive the screw-threaded hooksl4 mounted in the window frame by which the device is supported from thewindow frame. A foldable or plaited shade H is aflixed at its upper endto the saddle I and at its lower end to the bottom piece 2i. A centraltape I afiiXed at its upper end to saddle l and at its lower end tobottom piece 2i limits the downward drop of the shade. Tape I5 isfastened to the folds of the shade in any suitable manner as bystitching or stapling 18. The center tape l5 holds the folds or plaitsof the shade an even distance from one another. A pair of tapeslfiextend from the roller 4 to which their upper ends are afiixed sothat they pass loosely through slots l9 in saddle i, to the uppersurface of the bottom piece 2| to which their lower ends are affixed bymeans of tacks 20. Tapes 19 also pass through suitable slots IS in thefolds of the shade, as shown in Fig. 1.

To raise the shade, the pull cord 1 is pulled, unreeling the cord fromthe roller 4 and at the same time winding the tapes l9 on the-roller,thereby raising the bottom piece 2| to which the lower ends of the tapesI9 are afiixed, as shown in Fig. 1. This causes the shade to fold upcompactly with the folds supported by the bottom piece 2|. The pullcords and tapes are rolled on to the roller 4 in reverse directions.When the shade has been raised to the desired height, the pull cord 1 ispulled into the slot 9 of tube 8 which automatically wedges it in astationary position and the lower end of the pull cord is then placedover the tack 10 to hold it out of the way. To lower the shade, the cordis released from its wedging engagement in slot 9 and allowed to slipupward through the tube 8, the weight of the bottom piece 2| of theshade pulling the shade downward until it is again stopped at thedesired position by engagement of cord 1 in slot 9 of tube 8. The tapel5 limits the extent of the downward fall of the shade. Suitable slotsin the recessed portion 3 of saddle l permit the tapes Hi to passthrough the saddle and thence through slots IS in the folds I! of theshade.

What I claim is:

1. A plaited shade of the type described, tapes loosely passing throughslots in the plaited shade, the combination of a roller to which theupper ends of the tapes are secured, the tapes being windable on theroller, a saddle piece adapted to be mounted on a window frame and onwhich said roller is rotatably supported, a pull cord secured to theroller and windable on the roller in a direction reverse to that of thetapes, 2. bottom piece to which the lower end of the plaited shade isattached and to which the tapes are operatively engaged, whereby a pullon the pull cord will operate the roller and wind the tapes and raisethe shade, and a tube extending through and depending from the saddlethrough which the pull cord passes, said tube having a tapered slot intowhich the pull cord can be pulled and releasably wedged to hold theshade in any desired adjusted position.

2. In a shade of the type described, having tapes for raising the shade,the combination of a roller to which the upper ends of the tapes aresecured, the tapes being windable on the roller, a saddle piece on whichsaid roller is rotatably supported, the saddle piece being mounted on awindow frame, a pull cord secured to the roller and windable on theroller in a direction reverse to that of the tapes, a bottom piece towhich the lower end of the plaited shade is attached and to which thetapes are operatively engaged, whereby a pull on the pull cord willoperate the roller and wind the tapes and raise the shade, a tubeextending through and depending from the saddle through which the pullcord passes, said tube having a tapered slot into which the pull cordcan be pulled and releasably wedged to hold the shade in any desiredadjusted position, and a cord holding element fastened near one end ofthe bottom piece to releasably hold the lower end of the cord away fromthe center of the shade,, to hold it from the floor and retain the cord20 in proper wedged position in the slotted tube.

3. In a shade of the type described, having folds and having tapes foroperating same, the combination or awroller to which the upper ends ofthe tapes are secured, the tapes being windable on the roller, arecessed saddle piece on which said roller is rotatably supported, asaddle having an upstanding flange extending along its inner portionconcealing the roller from view, staples loosely engaging the ends ofthe roller to retain same on the saddle while permitting rotation, meansfor mounting the saddle piece on a window frame, a pull cord secured tothe roller and windable on i the roller in a direction reverse to thatof the tapes, and a bottom piece to which the lower end of the plaitedshade is attached and to which the tapes are adjustably engaged; wherebya pull on the pull cord will operate the roller and wind the tapes andraise the shade..

JOSEPH DE FALCO.

